It’s cool to be anti-war – you can throw stuff
I've watched them outside Government Buildings screaming abuse and throwing paint, making their gallant attempt to improve our lives and save us from ourselves. My goodness, where would we be without these folk, without their wise counsel?
Considering that they revere people who try to beat up planes with hatchets, I reckon we'd be a damn sight better off without them. Yes, the war in Iraq is an awful thing, but I don't recall any of these peace campaigners offering a realistic alternative.
No one likes war, but it takes bravery to face up to it.
To moan and wail from the sidelines is what weak people do, because they won't actually put themselves forward and offer solutions that will work.
It's cool to be anti-war you can throw stuff at politicians and then retire to the pub to chatter about that great woman who took a hatchet to an airplane. Meanwhile, there are men and women risking their lives to ensure their freedom to do just that.
And as for those who curse and attack politicians with paint just because they don't like their opinion?
Fascism personified.
Paul Reid,
39, Meadowbrook,
Riverstown,
Glanmire,
Co Cork.
